Doll-carriage



(No Mdl.) W. S.-REED.

DOLL CARRIAGE.

No. 288,662. Patented Nov. 20,V 1,883.

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VILLIAM S. REED, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

DOLL-CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,662, dated November 20, 1883.

` Application filed April 21, 1883. (No model.)

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Beit known thatI, WILLIAM S. REED, of Leominster, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in DollGarriages, of which the following is a full, clear, and `exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 lis aperspective view of a dolls carriage constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective'view of the body of said carriage converted into a box for receiving the detachable portions thereof, said box being provided with a cover. Fig. 3 represents the cover having a miniature swing applied thereto. Fig. 4 represents the canopy constructed in two portions, pivoted or hinged together, in order to fold the same to allow of its being packed within the body, and also showing the device for holding the canopy when unfolded for use. Figs. 5 to 1S, inclusive, are the detachable portions of the carriage.

This invention has special reference to knockdown toys mounted on wheels, referred to 1n Patent No. 193,460, granted me July 24,

1877, and to the Reissue No. 10,114 of the same,

granted me May 16, 1882, my present invention being for another form of toy of this class, and consisting of a doll-carriage in which one portion serves as a box or receptacle for con taining the remaining portions when detached and separated therefrom and from each other; and myinvention also consists in the construction and arrangement of the said` detachable parts, to be hereinafter fully described.

In the said drawings, A represents a box designed to be converted into the bodyof a doll7 s carriage; B VB, the axles, connected with the carriage-body by dowel-pins a entering holes; C G, the wheels, b b, the hubs; D D, thc connecting rods or braces extending between the axles; c c, the springs, placed between the axles and thebottom of the carriagebody; and d, the carriagepole, entering a hole in the front thereof. ef are frames located at the front and rear ends of the body, and g g are side pieces, all held in place by dowelepins or rods entering holes provided for their reception in the top edges of the body. h is a seat resting on cleats i. Eis a circular canopy, Figs. 1 and 4, supported by a curved Wire standard, k. This canopy is formed of two portions hinged together' at Z, with a strip, fm, pivoted to the underside of one ortion, the turning of said strip under the other portion holding it up to form the opencanopy, the turning back of said strip from under the supported portion allowing it to be folded to enable the canopy to be packed within the box or carriage-body. The box is provided with a cover, G, to the under side of which are secured two hollow blocks or sockets, a, into which fit the lower ends of two vertical standards, p, connected at their tops by a cross-bar,

( 1, provided with holeslfor the passage of the ends of a rope, r, to form a swing, the seat s of which is to be occupied bya toy figure of a child.

The various portions are detachable, and are readily packed within the box A and the cover G, placed thereover when the toy is not in use and when it is'to be transported, the` cover being provided with cleats t to keepit on the box A.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the setting up, taking apart, and packing of the various portions of the toy gives the child an idea of mechanical construction and affords amusement to the mind.

The sockets a may be applied to the bottom of the box A, if desired.

I claim- Y 1. As `an improvement in toy vehicles, a doll-carriage consisting of the body A, con-` verted into a box having a cover, G, in combination with and for receiving and inclosing the remaining portions of the carriage when disconnected, substantially as described.

2. A toy canopy, E, formed of two portions hinged or pivoted together to allow of its being compactly folded, in combination with a device for holding the portions in an extended `or openv position, as set forth.

3. In combination with the doll-carriage body A and its removable axles B B, the detachable springs c c, as specified.

4. The standards and cross-bar of a toy swing, in combination with a box-cover, G, provided with sockets a, for the reception of Ythe standards, as set forth.

Witness my hand this 21st day of March,` 1883.

WILLIAM S. REED. In presence of- N. W. S'rEARNs, J 1s. W. CHAPMAN.

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